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Endorsement:
- Defines purpose
- Encourages creative change
- Conceptualizes future progress
- Impacts eternal destiny
- Conveys needed recognition of the school within the Assemblies of God of Africa and beyond
The churches in Africa have grown remarkably in recent years, and that growth makes training a top priority. Throughout the continent, Bible schools on a variety of levels have welcomed the opportunity to improve their programs through the process of endorsement.
Endorsement is for those schools that fervently want their students to have powerful, effective, biblical ministries contributing to the fulfillment of the mission of God.
The first step in endorsement is for a school to draft a purpose statement in keeping with the mission Jesus gave when he said, “Make disciples of all nations.” Once purpose is defined, the school plans how that purpose is to be accomplished considering such factors as curriculum, facilities, budget and relationship with the sponsoring churches.
The key to endorsement is to realize that it is not prescriptive. A school on any level may be endorsed. Endorsement does not imply that a school is striving to be something that does not fit local need. Rather, endorsement enables the school to contribute optimally to the accomplishment of God’s purpose.
Endorsed Schools
- Addis Ababa Bible College, Ethiopia
Kenya Assemblies of God Extension Bible School
- Arusha Bible College, Tanzania
Mbeya Bible College, Tanzania
- Assemblies of God Bible College, Mwanza, Tanzania
Mid-Ghana Bible College, Kumasi
- Assemblies of God Divinity School of Nigeria
Nigerian Advanced School of Theology
- Assemblies of God School of Theology, Malawi
Northern Ghana Bible College, Tamale
- Cape Theological Seminary, South Africa
Northern Nigeria Bible College, Saminaka
- Dodoma Bible College, Tanzania
Pan Africa Christian College, Nairobi, Kenya
- East Africa School of Theology, Kenya
Rivers Bible College, Nigeria
- Eastern Bible College, Nigeria
Southern Ghana Bible College, Saltpond, Ghana
- Institut Biblique Superieur, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- Swaziland College of Theology
- Institut Biblique Des Assemblees De Dieu, Togo
- West Africa Advanced School of Theology, Togo
- Institut Theologique & Pastoral Des Assemblees De Dieu, Daloa, Cote d'Ivoire
- Western Bible College, Nigeria
- Institut Theologique & Pastoral Des Assemblees De Dieu, Katadji, Cote d'Ivoire
In Process
- Assemblies of God Bible College, Uyo, Nigeria
- Bethel Advanced School of Theology, Isiro, Democratic Republic of Cong
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